Combustion promoting material

ABSTRACT

Preventing incomplete combustion of fuel in a heat apparatus and equipment.  
     Radioactive substance  4  is fixed to a sheet-like material  3  and this sheet-like material is attached to an air supply path A or a fuel supply path F of heat apparatus or equipment. Alternatively, radioactive substance  4  is mixed in raw material resin  7  and part of the air supply path A or the fuel supply path F is formed with an obtained compound. Or radioactive substance  4  is mixed in a paint  8  and this paint is applied to the air supply path A or the fuel supply path F. Consequently, air or fuel supplied to the heat apparatus or heat equipment is excited by radioactive ray so as to intensify chemical reaction activity of air or fuel thereby promoting oxidation reaction of oxygen namely combustion and preventing incomplete combustion.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to a combustion promoting materialused in a heat apparatus such as internal combustion engine or heatequipment such as industrial furnace in order to prevent incompletecombustion.

[0003] 2. Description of Related Art

[0004] Conventionally, a heat apparatus such as automobile engine,boiler, electric generator and heat equipment such as blast furnace,kiln obtain a drive force or heat of an object by burning various kindsof fuels of solid, liquid or gas.

[0005] Combustion is a phenomenon that oxygen in the air combines withfuel to produce heat and light. A theoretical minimum quantity of airnecessary for complete combustion is referred to as theoretical airquantity. A ratio between this theoretical air quantity and quantity ofair used for actual combustion is refereed to as air ratio. Underordinary combustion control, combustion is carried out in the state of1.0 or more in terms of air ratio, that is, by supplying excessive airin order to prevent incomplete combustion.

[0006] The inventor of the present invention has not researchedpreceding technologies at research/development stage and patent filingstage and therefore, he has no knowledge about the precedingtechnologies which should be mentioned here.

[0007] Even if excessive amount of air is supplied, complete combustioncannot be realized and carbon monoxide CO and hydrocarbon HC in emissiongas cannot be eliminated completely. The carbon monoxide and hydrogencarbon result in air pollution and global warming. As evident from heatbalance theory, combustion with excessive air is wasting of heat energyand has been demanded to be improved from viewpoint of energy saving.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] In views of the above-mentioned problem, according to the presentinvention, radioactive substance is fixed to a sheet-like material andthis sheet-like material is attached to an air supply path or a fuelsupply path of heat apparatus or equipment. Alternatively, radioactivesubstance is mixed in raw material resin and part of the air supply pathor the fuel supply path is formed with an obtained compound. Orradioactive substance is mixed in a paint and this paint is applied tothe air supply path or the fuel supply path. Consequently, air or fuelsupplied to the heat apparatus or heat equipment is excited byradioactive ray so as to intensify chemical reaction activity of air orfuel, thereby promoting oxidation reaction of oxygen namely combustionand preventing incomplete combustion. As a result, the above-describedproblem is solved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0009]FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of thecombustion promoting material of the present invention;

[0010]FIG. 2 is a usage state diagram of a sheet-like combustionpromoting material and a combustion promoting material formed in theshape of a fuel supply path; and

[0011]FIG. 3 is a usage state diagram of a paint-like combustionpromoting material.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0012] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will bedescribed with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0013] As shown in FIG. 1, a combustion promoting material 1 of thepresent invention is produced by fixing radioactive substance 4 on thesurface of a sheet-like material 3 using adhesive agent 2 made of epoxyresin or the like.

[0014] An adhesive layer 5 is provided on the rear face and the surfaceof the adhesive layer 5 is covered with a separation paper 6.

[0015] Any sheet-like material 3 is permissible as long as it hasplasticity and for example, metallic foil, resin film, unwoven fabricand the like are acceptable.

[0016] The radioactive substance 4 emits an ultra small amount ofradioactive ray which does not affect the human body and for example,radium, radon and the like can be mentioned. The radioactive substance 4is preferred to be of fine powder type although there is no limitationon which it is natural ore or refined product.

[0017] Upon use, after the separation paper 6 is removed, the adhesivelayer 5 on the rear surface is pressed against an object. For example,when it is used on automobile, this sheet-like material is wound aroundan air supply path A such as an air suction pipe connected to acombustion chamber in an engine E, an air cleaner box connected to theengine, and air introduction pipe for introducing outside air into theair cleaner (see FIG. 2) or bonded to a fuel supply path such as a fueltank and fuel pipe for supplying fuel in the fuel tank to the engine E(not shown).

[0018] Next, a modification example will be described.

[0019] The fuel promoting material 1 of a first modification is producedby mixing the radioactive substance 4 in raw material resin 7 and thenforming an obtained compound into a desired shape. For example, thatcompound is formed into the shape of the above-mentioned air supply pathA (not shown) or the shape of the fuel supply path F (see FIG. 2).

[0020] The raw material resin 7 may be of any type if it can be formedinto an appropriate shape, and for example, thermoset resin such asphenol resin, formaldehyde resin, urea resin, silicon resin, andthermoplastic resin such as polyethylene, polystyrene, poly methylmethacrylate can be mentioned.

[0021] In the electric characteristic modifying material 1 of a secondmodification, the radioactive substance 4 is mixed with a paint 8. Asthe paint 8, any well known one may be used whether it is organic orinorganic.

[0022] Upon use, the surfaces of the air supply path A and the fuelsupply path F are coated with the same material 4 (see FIG. 3).

[0023] Next, an operation of the combustion promoting material of thepresent invention will be described.

[0024] The radioactive substance 4 in the combustion promoting material1 always emits radioactive ray.

[0025] In oxygen in the air flowing through the air supply path A orfuel flowing through the fuel supply path F (for example, gasoline,petroleum gas, natural gas and the like) after receiving thisradioactive ray, electrons relating to bonding of oxygen molecule andfuel molecule are transited so that oxygen or fuel is excited, therebyleading to a state in which chemical reaction is likely to occur.

[0026] Thus, even if air ratio is set to the closest possible to 1.0 byreducing the quantity of supplied air, generation of combustion residuesuch as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon due to incomplete combustionhardly occurs, so that all fuel in the combustion chamber is burntcompletely.

[0027] In conclusion, because the present invention is achieved byfixing the radioactive substance 4 onto the sheet-like material 3,combustion efficiency is improved only by attaching to the air supplypath A or the fuel supply path F of various kinds of heat apparatus andheat equipment, so that fuel is burnt completely. Thus, harmfulcombustion residue such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon is notgenerated, thereby leading to purifying of emission gas and contributingto environment protection.

[0028] Further, because complete combustion of fuel can be accomplishedby a smaller quantity of supplied air than before, heat energy loss canbe reduced due to reduction of the quantity of emission gas therebyachieving energy saving.

[0029] Because the radioactive substance 4 is mixed in the raw materialresin 7 and an obtained compound is formed, if the air suction path Aconnected to the automobile engine E is formed, for example, thefunction for improving combustion efficiency of the air suction path Aitself can be provided because radioactive ray is emitted from the airsuction path A. Consequently, the same effect can be obtained withouttaking labor and time for installing such a function later.

[0030] Because this material is produced by mixing the radioactivematerial 4 in the paint 8, it only has to be applied to the surface.Thus, this can be employed for existing heat apparatus and equipment,indicating that its practical effect is very large.

What is claimed is:
 1. A combustion promoting material produced by fixing radioactive substance to a sheet-like material.
 2. A combustion promoting material produced by mixing radioactive substance in raw material resin and forming an obtained compound.
 3. A combustion promoting material produced by mixing radioactive substance in a paint. 